Contact us

NIWA has facilities across Aotearoa New Zealand. Find contact and location information below.

General enquiries

Phone: 0800 746 464

Fax: +64 7 856 0151

Email: enquiries@niwa.co.nz

Postal address: Private Bag 99940, Newmarket, Auckland 1149

Media enquiries

If you have any queries regarding media releases, media appearances and other media related events, please contact our Senior Media Advisor, Keith Lyons.

Email: keith.lyons@niwa.co.nz
Mob: +64-27-389-2274
Tel: +64-3-343-7885

NIWA offices

NIWA Head Office, Auckland

Location: 82 Wyndham Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010.

Postal address: Private Bag 99940, Newmarket, Auckland 1149.

Phone: +64 9 375 2050

Bream Bay

Location: Bream Bay, 101 Sime Road, Ruakākā

Postal address: PO Box 147, Ruakaka 0151.

Phone: +64 9 432 5500

Christchurch

Location: 10 Kyle Street Riccarton, Christchurch 8011

Postal address: PO Box 8602, Riccarton, Christchurch 8440

Phone: +64 3 348 8987

Dunedin

Location: 38 Harrow Street, Dunedin 9016

Postal address: PO Box 6414, Dunedin North, Dunedin 9059

Phone: +64 3 477 8615

Fax: +64 3 479 0134

Regional offices are part of NIWA’s Advanced Technology & Innovation Division, and consolidate the resources of our Environmental Information Operations, Environmental Information, Instrument Systems & Mechatronics, IT, and High-Performance Computing teams. We aim to keep NIWA at the forefront of our fast-paced digital world, where rapid advances in technology present remarkable opportunities for our science and the nation.

Office Hours and Access  

Our core office hours are 8:30am - 5:00pm Monday to Friday. Access to the site before or after these hours is by electronic access only.

During the week the external door is unlocked at 8:00am and locked each evening at 5:00pm. The buildings remain locked during weekend and holiday hours.

The culture of Ōtepoti 

Ōtepoti-Dunedin has a varied landscape unlike anywhere else in New Zealand, while Ōtepoti has long been recognised for its Scottish influence, the wider area is rich with Māori history and has stories of Kāi Tahu whaunui the manawhenua that settled here long before Europeans visited these shores.

The province of Otago takes its name from the Ngāi Tahu village of Ōtākou at the mouth of the Otago Harbour. Around the region, there are a number of historic pā (village) sites at Pukekura (Taiaroa Head), Mapoutahi (Doctors Point) and Huriawa Peninsula (Karitane), they were settlements of importance for both food gathering and defence.

There is an array of endangered and native species in close proximity to the city.

Key contact

Environmental Operations National Manager (Christchurch-based), Charles Pearson

Phone: 03 343 7871, 027 586 2892

NIWA Dunedin
Coastal erosion at Dunedin's St Clair Beach

Greymouth

Location: 5 Fairhall Road Kaiata Park, Greymouth 7805

Postal address: PO Box 384, Greymouth 7840

Phone:  +64 3 768 0390

Fax: +64 3 768 0390

Regional offices are part of NIWA’s Advanced Technology & Innovation Division, and consolidate the resources of our Environmental Information Operations, Environmental Information, Instrument Systems & Mechatronics, IT, and High-Performance Computing teams. We aim to keep NIWA at the forefront of our fast-paced digital world, where rapid advances in technology present remarkable opportunities for our science and the nation.

Key contact

Environmental Operations National Manager (Christchurch-based), Charles Pearson

Phone: +64 3 343 7871, +64 27 586 2892

NIWA Greymouth
Water quality sampling at Roaring Billy, Haast

Hamilton

Location: Gate 10 Silverdale Road Hillcrest, Hamilton 3216

Postal address: PO Box 11115, Hillcrest, Hamilton 3251

Phone: +64 7 856 7026

Lauder

Location: 3513 Becks-Lauder Road, Lauder, Otago 9377

Postal address: 3513 Becks-Lauder Road, Lauder, Otago 9377

Phone: +64 3 440 0055

Napier

Location: 82 Ford Road, Onekawa,  Napier 4110

Phone: +64 6 834 1228

Fax:  +64 6 834 0733

Regional offices are part of NIWA’s Advanced Technology & Innovation Division, and consolidate the resources of our Environmental Information Operations, Environmental Information, Instrument Systems & Mechatronics, IT, and High-Performance Computing teams. We aim to keep NIWA at the forefront of our fast-paced digital world, where rapid advances in technology present remarkable opportunities for our science and the nation.

Key contact

Environmental Operations National Manager (Christchurch-based), Charles Pearson

Phone: +64 3 343 7871, +64 27 586 2892

NIWA Napier

Nelson

Location: 217 Akersten Street Port Nelson, Nelson 7010

Postal address: PO Box 893, Nelson 7040

Phone: +64 3 548 1715

Rotorua

Postal address: PO Box 2243, Rotorua 3040

Location: 99 Sala Street, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua 3010

Phone: +64 7 346 1950

Fax: +64 07 346 0469

NIWA has been at the current location since 2018  when the new office was built in Sala Street. It includes purpose-designed meeting rooms, workshop, lab and dry room areas. A drive-through warehouse is attached to the work space, where science gear and boats are stored. This means we can now engage with our Rotorua-based customers in premises that embrace technological innovation and design excellence. 

Regional offices are part of NIWA’s Advanced Technology & Innovation Division, and consolidate the resources of our Environmental Information Operations, Environmental Information, Instrument Systems & Mechatronics, IT, and High-Performance Computing teams. We aim to keep NIWA at the forefront of our fast-paced digital world, where rapid advances in technology present remarkable opportunities for our science and the nation.

Key contact

Environmental Operations National Manager (Christchurch-based), Charles Pearson

Phone: +64 3 343 7871, +64 27 586 2892

NIWA Rotorua

Twizel

Location: 7 Ostler Road, Twizel 7901

Postal address:  PO Box 455 Twizel, 7901

Phone: +64 3 680 6807

The Twizel Office opened in 2021, succeeding the Tekapo field office. The office features a drive-through garage (to better manoeuvre large trailers and boats), a workshop area, laboratory, and office spaces. It is designed for optimal use by NIWA’s environmental technicians. The technicians’ area of work extends from the Main Divide to the North Otago and South Canterbury coasts.

Regional offices are part of NIWA’s Advanced Technology & Innovation Division, and consolidate the resources of our Environmental Information Operations, Environmental Information, Instrument Systems & Mechatronics, IT, and High-Performance Computing teams. We aim to keep NIWA at the forefront of our fast-paced digital world, where rapid advances in technology present remarkable opportunities for our science and the nation.

Key contact

Environmental Operations National Manager (Christchurch-based), Charles Pearson.

Phone: +64 3 343 7871, +64 27 586 2892

Twizel NIWA
NIWA Twizel

Wellington

Location: Greta Point, 301 Evans Bay Parade, Hataitai, Wellington 6021

Postal address: Private Bag 14901, Kilbirnie, Wellington 6241

Phone: +64 4 386 0300

Whanganui

Location: 284a Saint Hill Street, Whanganui 4500

Postal address: PO Box 4102, Whanganui 4541

Phone: +64 6 345 2394

Fax:  +64 6 345 7780

Regional offices are part of NIWA’s Advanced Technology & Innovation Division, and consolidate the resources of our Environmental Information Operations, Environmental Information, Instrument Systems & Mechatronics, IT, and High-Performance Computing teams. We aim to keep NIWA at the forefront of our fast-paced digital world, where rapid advances in technology present remarkable opportunities for our science and the nation.

Key contact

Environmental Operations National Manager (Christchurch-based), Charles Pearson

Phone: 03 343 7871, 027 586 2892

NIWA Whanganui

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